Smoky Mountain Girl

On the Pigeon River where the kudzu grows You'll swear you thought you seen a ghost Haunting them banks, boogering by Looking for a place to lay down and die Well, that's just me looking half dead Trying to make sense of the word you said Hush, little babe, don't say a thing Meet me up the mountain with a wedding ring And I guess that's why they call them Great Smoky Mountains 'Cause they'd cover every trace And they hide a man's face when he cries Yeah, I guess that's why they call them Great Smoky Mountains 'Cause they make it hard to find What became of that Smoky Mountain girl of mine When the sun shines down on the Tellico Plains The mountain's bare and the shadow's blame Well, love's a little more like that Just a little glimmer is all you're gonna get Well, I'd seen the Rockies and the Ozarks too I note a few women, but not like you Hush, little babe, the hills have eyes They see through the haze of your little white lies And I guess that's why they call them Great Smoky Mountains 'Cause they cover every trace And they hide a man's face when he cries Yeah, I guess that's why they call them Great Smoky Mountains 'Cause they make it hard to find What became of that Smoky Mountain girl of mine On the Pigeon River where the kudzu grows Swear you thought you had seen a ghost Of a heartless fool, well, that's just me Haunting these hills of East Tennessee And I guess that's why they call them Great Smoky Mountains 'Cause they cover every trace And they hide a man's face when he cries Yeah, I guess that's why they call them Great Smoky Mountains 'Cause they make it hard to find What became of that Smoky Mountain girl of mine